"The United States in the Vietnam War, 1954-1975" is an invaluable reference guide to the costly and controversial war the U.S. waged in Vietnam, over the course of five presidential administrations. Focusing not only on the conflict in Southeast Asia, but also on the tumult the war insp...
The United States in the Vietnam War. (Young People's History of America's Wars Series). New York: HarperCollins Children's Books. Grades 7 and up.Don Lawson.The United States in the Vietnam War.. 1981Don Lawson.The United States in the Vietnam War. . 1981...
Opposition to the Vietnam War in the United States developed immediately after the beginning of the war, chiefly among traditional pacifists, such as the American Friends Service Committee and antinuclear activists. Early protests were organized around questions about the morality of U. S. military ...
The United States’ war in Vietnam was a conflict associated with the Cold War, in which the U.S. was engaged in military action against the forces of communist-controlled North Vietnam and their allied insurgency in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong. The civil war in Vietnam lasted...
7 Important Weapons Used By the United States in the Vietnam WarSam Bocetta
Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia. Vietnam War n. A protracted military conflict (1954-1975) between South Vietnam, supported by United States forces, and Communist North Vietnam. The war resulted in a North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under Communist rule. ...
The role of the United States in the Vietnam War began soon after the Second World War and escalated into full commitment during what is termed the Vietnam War from 1955 to 1975.In 1960 the new administration of President John F. Kennedy remained essentially committed to the bi-partisan, ...
Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam? Background to the Vietnam War: At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, Ho Chi Minh and a small group of Vietnamese nationalists met with President Wilson and asked for his support for an independent Vietnam, but unwilling to cause conf...
Over thirty years ago the last helicopter clattered away from the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon: a symbolic scene in the final drama of the nation's failed intervention in Vietnam. For over thirty years the legacy of the Vietnam War and its impact on American politics and society...
In the United States, the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal may have caused voters to lose faith in their political leaders during the 1960s and 1970s. The decline in turnout is the product of a change in campaigning strategies as a result of the so-called new media. It has been argued...